Typewriting machine



E. E. FOWLER TYPEwRITlNG MACHINE l able to suit various types ofwork, but whenv .Patented May 29, 1923.

EWELI. E. EowLEra or EAST POINT, GEORGIA, AssIcNoR'ro-UNDEEWOOD 'IYrEWRIrEa COMPANY, or NEW Yoan, N. Y., v-

A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE.

TYPEWEITING MACHINE.

` Application inea aprirlo, 1920. seriaigNa zr/2,968.v

To all whom #may concern:

Be it known that I, EWELL E. FOWLER, a citizen of thev United States, residing in East Point, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia,lhave invented certain new and Auseful Improvements in Typewriting -Machines, of which the vfollowing' is a speci- This invention relates toy paper-handling devices for ltypewriting machines, and` is herein illustrated as especiallyv adapted vfor use in an Underwood standard bookkeeping machine, which is used both for making out statements and entering the items yupon ledgers.

In such machines, the columns inw'hich computing-is done are determined byselectors or denomlination-se'lecting dogs-upon the carriage, adapted to bey adjusted to. various columns. Since such v,machines are usually put into the hands` of typists who know nothing of machinery and find the adjustment of such dogs annoying, it is advantageous to so. position the columns upon ledger` sheets and statement ,sheets that the selectors orvdogs when once `adjusted will serve for computing purposes when either a ledger sheet or av statement sheet is b'eing typed. Usually the ledger sheet. and statement sheet are of different widths or the columns are differently positioned on the two kinds of sheets, with the result'that, to avoid shifting the selectors, it has often been necessary to readjust the paper gages machine vcarr iagea platen 1 0 is by its axle 11 in a shift-frame v12, and, in'v the forni kherein illustrated, is provided kwith iliarygage may beset to ineifective position by actuation of a finger-piece when lit is desired to use the usual gage for the wider sheets. The auxiliary gage' `may be adjustonce adjusted for'anyfform of work that adjustment need notv bedisturbed in any usual olice routine. l l/Vh'en built t0 be used in connectionv 'with one ordinary form of gage and paper-table, the auxiliary gage may take the form of a limits of the opening.

`the table.

position. 1 Figure /l is asimilar view,`

flat plate having-.a turned-up gaging end extending through an elongated opening in the front paper-table, thus 'permitting the turned-up endv tobe adjusted withinjthe.

A spring maynore mally tend to hold ytheturned-up endv above the level of the paper-table, so that it-may be used for gaging is desired to use the usual gageat the end of the table, 'the turned-up end may be shifted to ineffective position by vactuation of a finger-piece which withdraws it behind Other features inafter appear. v vIn the accompanying drawings,

yand advantages vwill herepurposes.v lWhenever Ait Figure lisa fragmentary sectional side' `View of an Underwood standard typewriter carriage, howing. the present invention as applied thereto. i Figure 2 is the auxiliary, gage and the linger-piece for actuating it v- 4Figure 3 isa the. auxiliary or temporary vgage in effective4 showingthe temporary 1 gage in ineffective position.y

parts seen in figure' 6. l

Ii`,f ;ure6. isa front view of a carriage Zent.

bodying the present invention, with manv parts omitted orV broken away. i t

Figure 5 is a planview-of mostiofithe"v I `7'5 a fragmentary front view of sectional side View, showing In the, U derwood standard typewriting j ournaled feed-rolls13 and 14,..which are adapted" to holdv against the platen work-sheetsV fedk down overV thev rear paper-table 15, so'that they'bend up in front past the printingline Vat the type-head ydiagrammatically shown at i 'i space handle-17, which `is effective,- through a slide 18, upon theline-spacevwheel 19 fast to they axle 111.v f

lease handle `.20, which. casts.' 01T the feed- 416.; The platen isr rotated .by the usual linei i rolls 13and'14byactuat-ing the' castingqoff rmechanismthroughtheusual link 21.- Then the typist passes the work-sheet forward past the printing lineatxlG, and', in thecase is usually set in position for the standard Work of any oiiice by set-screws 25, which pass through collars 2G to engage the tie-rod 24, and which support brackets 27 to which the table' 23 is detachably held by a cross-bar 28 having openings 29 adapted to engage headed studs 30.

For the irst entry on the ledger' sheet,- the `ledger sheet may be gaged by an upper or leading-edge gage 3l at the upper end of the jjlaper-table 23. Then the typist throivs on the feed-rolls 13 and 14 and proceeds to type the entries. lf, on the other hand, the typist is making entries on otherV sheets, which may be statement sheets, usually narrovver than theledger sheets, the typist gages a statement sheet, after passing it around the platen in' the usual manner, by bringing its right-hand edge against a temporary gage 32 forming the turned-up end of a member 33, which projects through an elongated opening 34 in the paper-table 23. Normally, the gage 32 is held in the eti'ective Figure 3 position, projecting through the opening 34, and, 'for this purpose, is formed as an ei;- tension of a resilient member 35 held by countersunk screws 36 to the paper-table 23. The resilient member 35 is ol'set from the table by being bent rearwardly at 37, thus enabling a cam and the table 23 to cam the gage 32 rearwardly to the Figure 4 position, in which the gage lies entirely behind the table and is therefore ineiective. The cam 33 is formed 'as the turned-up extension et a plate 39, journaled upon a shouldered 'bolt 40 having a countersunk head 4l, which passes through the table 23. The plate 39 has ar bell-crank extension 42, which extends up above the top of the table 23, andV is bent over to form a linger-piece 43 adapted to swing the cam 38 between the Figure 3 and Figure 4 positions. Preferably the finger-piece 43 lies far enough behind the gage 3l to prevent worksheets from catching it. To enable the gage 32 to be adjusted traiisversely et the papertable 23, the resilient member 35 provided with a slot 44, so that screws 45, spaced a little Way apart in the extension 33, may pass through the slot and be threadedinto a 'small plate 46 to bi'n'd the extension 33 to the resilient member35 at any point along the Vlength of the slot 44.

Variations may be resorted to Within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used Without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claimt l. In a typewriting machine, the combi- 38 to be swung between it' nation with a platen and a paper-table having an opening, ci' a side gage upony the table, a resilient member behind the table and tast thereto, a turned-up end of said member projecting through an opening in said table to form a second gage, a c'ain pivot-ed on the table between it and the member, and a iinger-piece extending beyond the table for swinging the cam to make the second gage ineffective at will.

2. In a typetvriting machine, the combination with a platen and a paper-table having an elongated opening, of a gage upon the table, a resilient member behind the table, an adjustable extension of said member comprising a turned-up end, having a broad flat face and urged by said member to project through said opening to serve as a second gage, and means for overcoming said resilient member and lmaking said second,

gage ineffective at Will.

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination With a platen and a paper-table having an elongated opening, of a gage upon the table, a resilient member behind the table, an extension 'of said member comprising a turned-up end having a broad iiat facey and adapted to project through said opening to serve as a second gage, a pair of screws sliding in slots to adjust the extension along the member to adjust the second gage in the opening, and a manually-adjustable cam adapted to thrust the second gage clear of the opening to enable Work-sheets to be gaged to the first gage.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combination With a platen and va platen-frame, of a transverse bar in said trame, a front papertable ydetachably supported on the bar, a leading edge gage at the top of said ta le, a side edge gage at the sideotthe table, a second side `edge gage positioned to project forwardly througfhan opening in 'the table,

a 'resilient mounting for said second gage tending to hold the latter in projected position, a linger-piece shiftably mounted upon the table, and inger-'piece-actuated means to make the second gage effective' and ineffective at will.

5. A paper-table adapted to be attached to a typewriting machine comprising a leading-edge gage and a side edge gage, a temporary side edge gage having a broad flat face and projecting through an opening in the table, an adjustable mounting for the temporary gage to vary its position across the table, and means, including a manually-operable cam, to make the temporary gage inefective or eftectiveat Will.- j j 6. The combination with a paper-table, of a gage projecting through j an `elongated opening in said table and extending transversely thereof, means for adjusting said gage across the table in the opening, and means, including a finger-piece, Jfor moving the adjusted gage to and'holding itin inefy fective position behind the table without varying theadjustmentfthereof.

7. In a typewriting machine, in combination, side thereof, and side-gaging means adapted for rapid change for use with different forms of work-sheets, the side edges of which are to be gaged in diiferent positions along the platen, said means comprising aside gage for work-sheets of one kind, a temporary side gage for work-sheets of a second kind, whose corresponding edges do not extend so far in the gao'ing direction as -those of the first kind, a Enger-piece visible and accessibleI from the. front of the machine, and finger-piece-actuated means for controlling the movement of the temporary'side gage to and from effective gaging position at the surface of the paper-table to enable, respectively, a sheet of the second kind or a sheet of the first kind to be side-gaged on the paper-table. f Y

8. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen, a paper-table at the delivery side thereof, side-gaging means including aV right side gage'associated with said paper-l table and a second right side gage at the left of the irst, a finger-piece mounted behind the paper-table and extending beyond the limits thereof, so as to be accessible from the front of the machine,yand finger-piece-actuated controlling means for said gage may be used to position a sheet of one kind lying substantially Hat on the papertable or the second-mentioned gage Vmay be used to position a sheet of a second kind lying flat on said table. y

a platen, a paper-table at thedeliverymeans effective tion,

gaging. means, whereby either the iirst-mentioned 9. In a typewriting machine, in'combination, a platen, a paper-table at the delivery side thereof, side-gaging means foruse at ,one side of two kinds ofv work-sheets, the respective side edges of which are to be gaged Y l in two different' a manually-shiftablemember movable backward and forward between two limiting positions, and ,'means whereby movement. lof

said member to one of-said positions will i render said side-gaging means efectiva for gaging a sheet of one-of the'said'kinds resting on Lsaid other position` will render the` sideegaging other kind.v

10; In a typewriting machine, in combina-y paper-table` at the, delivery a platen, a. side thereof,lsidegaging means for use at one side 4oftwo spective sideedges of which are to be gaged 1n two different positions along the platen,

a manually-shiftable member movable backward-and p sitions, means whereby movement of said member to one yof said positions will render said side-gaging means effective for gaging ofthe said kinds resting onv a sheet ,of one said paper-table, and movement to the other position will render the; vside-gaging 'means effective for gaging and ymeans for adjustingthe `side-gaging means to correspond to different distances between the H. D. WnTKINs.

positionsl along the platen,

paper-table, and movement to the kinds of work-sheets,=the re- Ia sheet of the other kind,

gaging lines for the two kinds for Vgaging a sheet ofv the forward between two limiting po-` 

